Seriously?? This has got to be a joke.
On Friday March 8, Michelle Obama will join John Kerry at a special ceremony at the State Department to present ten women the Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award.
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The only problem is that one of the women to be recognized is an anti-Semite and supports the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
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Samira Ibrahim, as the State Department’s profile describes her, “was among seven women subjected by the Egyptian military to forced virginity tests in March 2011.” The press release further notes that Samira “was arrested while in high school for writing a paper that criticized Arab leaders’ insincere support to the Palestinian cause.” Apparently, the State Department is unaware of her other convictions.
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On Twitter, Ibrahim is quite blunt regarding her views. On July 18 of last year, after five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed a suicide bombing attack, Ibrahim jubilantly tweeted: “An explosion on a bus carrying Israelis in Burgas airport in Bulgaria on the Black Sea. Today is a very sweet day with a lot of very sweet news.”
It only goes downhill from there.
Shame on Michelle O’Bama and John Kerry.
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A bit late. Hours after the publication of the Weekly Standard story quoted above, the issuance of the award was postponed pending an investigation into the source of the tweets.